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ProjectPromoting Decent Rural Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Benin, Cameroon, Malawi and Niger - GCP/RAF/494/MUL 2021
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No results found.Africa may not reach its transformation goals, as defined in Agenda 2063, without fully harnessing the demographic dividend through investments in youth. While youth currently constitutes approximately 40 percent of the working age population, over 60 percent are unemployed. Although Africa has policies and programmes to tackle unemployment among rural youth, the different policies at both continental and national levels do not adequately address the challenges in a holistic and coherent manner. Rural youth need customized training models and curricula, given that most of them have not had the opportunity to obtain quality education and training. Policy interventions are also required to create opportunities for them. Against this background, the project aimed to create job opportunities for rural youth in agricultural value chains, and to support and facilitate preferential entry and participation for young women and men in gainful and attractive agribusiness opportunities. The project focused on four countries: Benin, Cameroon, Malawi and Niger. -
ProjectPartnership to Support AU’s Strategies on Social Protection, School Feeding and Rural Youth Employment - TCP/RAF/3703 2022
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Despite the progress made in poverty reduction in Sub Saharan Africa ( almost half the population remains extremely poor Sixty percent of the population is rural and 57 percent of the labour force works in agriculture Northern Africa relies less on agriculture (from 2 to 23 percent) and extreme poverty levels are below two percent Africa has high rates of population growth Between 2015 and 2050 the populations of 28 African countries are projected to more than double, resulting in a need for between 10 and 12 million new jobs per year to keep pace with the numbers of youth reaching working age Unemployment/underemployment are already serious constraints, especially for youth and in rural areas In SSA, governmental capacity to develop and implement social protection programmes is limited, the poor lack support to become more resilient, and development prospects, especially among youth, remain low. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetAnalysis of existing approaches for rural youth employment in Uganda 2017
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No results found.This policy brief analyses the main programmes and interventions aimed at promoting youth employment in Uganda, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, as well as innovation and replication potential. The document also provides a series of recommendations towards the replication and upscaling of successful interventions that will inform the National Strategy for Youth Employment in Agriculture (NSYEA), as well as future strategic discussions on youth engagement in agriculture and food systems.
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